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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812720703321

Autore

Matos Patrícia Ferraz de

Titolo

The colours of the empire : racialized representations during Portuguese colonialism / / Patrícia Ferraz de Matos ; translated by Mark Ayton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, c2013

ISBN

0-85745-763-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

European Anthropology in Translation ; ; 4

European anthropology in translation ; ; v. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

AytonMark

Disciplina

325/.3469

325.3469

Soggetti

Racism - Portuguese-speaking countries

Indigenous peoples - Portuguese-speaking countries

Portugal Colonies History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: As cores do império.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Tables and Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter I - Origins of a Prejudice: The Roots of Racial Discrimination; Chapter II - Discourse, Images, Knowledge: The Place of the Colonies and Their Populations in the Portuguese Colonial Empire; Chapter III - Exhibiting the Empire, Imagining the Nation: Representations of the Colonies and the Overseas Portuguese in the Great Exhibitions; Conclusion; Appendix I - Film; Appendix II - Texts from the padrões of Portugal dos Pequenitos; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Portuguese Colonial Empire established its base in Africa in the fifteenth century and would not be dissolved until 1975. This book investigates how the different populations under Portuguese rule were represented within the context of the Colonial Empire by examining the relationship between these representations and the meanings attached to the notion of 'race'. Colour, for example, an apparently objective criterion of classification, became a synonym or near-synonym for 'race', a more abstract notion for which attempts were made to establish scientific credibility. Through her analysis